Rise Of Avernus - L'Appel Du Vide
Band
Rise Of Avernus
Style
Progressive doom metal, Progressive gothic metal
Release date
20 January 2014
Owners
35
have it
5 want it
Tracklist
01. A Triptych Journey02. The Mire
03. Disenchanted
04. L'Appel Du Vide
05. Ethereal Blindness
06. Embrace The Mayhem
07. An Somnium
08. As Soleness Recedes
Staff pick by
Ivor
(2014)
Line-up
Catherine "Cat" Guirguis - vocals, keyboards
Ben VanVollenhoven - vocals, guitars
Daniel Warrington - vocals, bass
Matthew Bell - guitars
Andrew Craig - drums, percussion
Catherine "Cat" Guirguis - vocals, keyboards
Ben VanVollenhoven - vocals, guitars
Daniel Warrington - vocals, bass
Matthew Bell - guitars
Andrew Craig - drums, percussion
Additional info
Produced and mixed by Ryan Huthnance.Mastered by Jens Bogren.
Artwork by Spiros Antoniou.
Staff pick by
Ivor
Found in 13 lists
Ivor
Mostly Doom & Gothic
Jan 24, 2014
While you wait for the MS Awards to start, here's something fresh to occupy your ears for a week. This album here beats most of what I heard from the past year in gothic. And beats them by a long mile. What makes it good is the variety, ranging from the very heavy to the very atmospheric, from doom to gothic, and beyond, orchestrated and not. It even has a sax thrown in for a good measure at one point and sounding so damn good.
Just try "A Triptych Journey."
Just try "A Triptych Journey."
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Found it quite good - plus with vocal contributions from Marc of Germany's *Morgoth, a great Australian release, this *Fixed by a being with a better memory.
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Very good release. Highly recommended for fans of Doom and Gothic.
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Posts: 7963 Written by psykometal on 31.03.2014 at 18:38 Right on my chart. Thanks.
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Sounds like a blackless modern Dimmu Borgir.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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Posts: 21306 Written by M C Vice on 04.04.2014 at 11:54 So basically like Dimmu Borgir.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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Posts: 6101 Written by Troy Killjoy on 04.04.2014 at 18:01 Lol. Not quite. More like if Dimmu Borgir were to switch gears to Gothic doom and replace Vortex with a female. Edit: @Vice I found myself drawing the same comparison the other day while listening to this. 
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Posts: 21306 Written by psykometal on 04.04.2014 at 20:49 I have been misled. Shame on you, M C.
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Posts: 3473 Written by Troy Killjoy on 04.04.2014 at 18:01 I thought about saying something like that in my post cause I knew else someone would.
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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Posts: 21306 Written by M C Vice on 05.04.2014 at 06:50 I can be relied upon for delivering cliche responses to just about everything, don't worry.
---- "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something."
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What does the title mean, anyway?
---- "I'm here to nunchuck and not wear helmets. And I'm all out of helmets." "I'll fight you on one condition. That you lower your nipples." " 'Tis a lie! Thy backside is whole and ungobbled, thou ungrateful whelp!"
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Posts: 6101 Written by M C Vice on 07.04.2014 at 10:45 According to Google Translate the literal translation is "Call of Empty". So I'm going to assume a more proper translation would be something like "The Call of the Void"...
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Maybe I'm just craving for new great gothic metal, but this stuff sounds really good so far (as I type this I'm listening to the album). Damn, I must say I'm surprised by an actually good gothic release for a change.
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Posts: 3104 Written by Troy Killjoy on 04.04.2014 at 18:01 Maybe the modern Dimmu Borgir, because they most certainly were BM until just a few years ago. 
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Posts: 21306 Written by Erik M. on 13.04.2014 at 20:42 Why would you assume I meant old DB?
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Posts: 3104 Written by Troy Killjoy on 13.04.2014 at 20:47 Well, the only non-BM DB song I listened to was Dimmu Borgir - Dimmu Borgir. Pretty mediocre symphonic metal. Tried to listen to the whole album but didn't like it a lot so I never finished it. So to me DB is still linked to BM, more or less.
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Just gave this a listen, a very decent debut album. Definitely could be improved on but still a worthy goth/symphonic album. A good find.
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Posts: 3104 Written by CyberSymphony on 26.04.2014 at 18:45 I'd say this is actually the best gothic album of the last few years. Indeed a very good find. Hell, it's even in my top 15 of my Beauty and the Beast list right now. I really enjoy this album a lot. So much variety to be found. It can be a little cheesy, but it's the kind of cheese that's acceptable to me. 
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Posts: 673 Written by Erik M. on 17.05.2014 at 17:33 The only problem which I find is the female vocals which are a little weak, but doesn't ruin the album in any way. Might as well add it to my gothic list too 
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Posts: 3104 Written by CyberSymphony on 17.05.2014 at 21:00 I agree to an extent. I wouldn't say the female vocals are weak, but they're not great. Just decent/good. Yeah, I would say it's a nice addition to your list. One of my top 5 albums of 2014 currently.
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Giving this a cursory listen now. I like this bettwr than any of the others in the category (minus the dubiously placed Melana Chasmata). Nice orchestrations, heavy vocals, female leads have a vague Portishead sound to them. Will give more attentionlater.
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